Combined washing and wringing machine.



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H. L. 066. COMBINED WASHING AND WRJNGING MACHINE.

AFPUCATION FILED MAY 6 $916- PatentedApr. 18, MM,

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VMSHSNG AND wmmeme MACHINE.

COMBHNED APPLICATION FILED MAY 6.19%-

Paimtmz Apr. 10, 1917.

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MMN QQN A M G/ttommw COMBINED WASHING AND wmwsme MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 6. I916.

Patented Apr. 10,1917.

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COMBINED WASHING AND WRINGING MACHINE.

MAY 6. 1916.

APPLICATION FILED Patented Apr. 10, 191?.

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'Z'JOMPAIIQ'Y, F NEWTON, IO'WA. A CDRPDBATE'DN.

*UG'MBKNED WASHING AKND 'WZEZINGII'Ifi-i- MACHINE.

specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 6, 31.316. Serial No. 95,5 37.

.To whom may concern:

it known that I, HARRY L. Use, a citizen of the United States, residingat Newton, in the county of Jasper and State of lowa, have inventedcertain new and useful improvements in Combined Washing and the same maybe adjusted to assume various positions with relation to the tubs andalso vith relation :0 a supplemental tub supporting frame structure tosuit the convenience of the user of the machine.

Zrnoiher aim of the invention is to provide means for supporting thewringer mechanism for adjustment in the manner above stated which meanswill be arranged ferswinging movement about the operating or power shaftfor the Wringer mechanism as a center, thereby avoiding any interferencewith the gearingfor transmitting power from the said shaft to the\vringer mechanism regardless oi the position to which the mechanism isadjusted.

Another aim of the invention is to provide novelnicalis for holding thewringer mechanism in its various positions of adjust ment, which meanswill effectually hold the said mechanism a gainst accidental displacement after having been adjusted to the dcsircd position and which yetmay be con reniently manipulated so to permit of the mechanism beingswung to a new position of adjustment.

.Ernother aim of the invention is in provide hei-ween the wringcrmechanism and the power shaft therefor. power transmilting gearing soarranged that. the direction of rotation of the wrin g'er rolls may here.-

rersed or the gearing: may he rendered wholly inactive so as to permitoi the wringer meclianism being; operated by hand.

Anoihc' aim of the invention is to provide power transmitting mechanismhetween the mechanism and the power shaft of the motor provided foroperating the niachine which transmitg mechanism ma be adjusted "so asto render eilher the ning'mechanism or the wringing mechanism inactive.

Another aim of the invention 'to pro-- vide a novel construction ofwringer incensnism.

In the accompanying drawn Figure 1 is a side elevation of ma chineembodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a loop plan View thereof Fig. 3 is a similar View the ijuhshe" removed Fig. 4!- is a vertical sectional View when in a. planebetween the izuhs;

Fig. 5is a perspective View of the sup porting structure for the wringer1m nism;

Fig. 6 is a plan View ofan elemeni; of (he means for supporting thestrucrnre shown in 5 in its various positions elf merit; V

Fig: 7 is a perspective view or portion of the mechanism for releasingthe wringer rolls;

Fig. 8 is a vertical transverse 86L View substantially on the line 8"8of I V Fie'. 9 is a perspective view of the lJlKHMLlY- shown in Fig. 6;

Fig. 10 a. horizontal c'zional vien' through a portion of the wringermechanism;

Fig 11 is a detail vertical sectional ir substantially on the line ll-l1of Fi h The washing and wringing lnecham n:. of the machine embodyingthe present invention are mounted upon a frame which is indicated ingeneral by the numeral 1 and inasmuch as this frame CUIlSllillilESenhject-matter oi a separate application it need not here hespecifically described.

The machine embodies two tuhs, one indi cated by the numeral 53 and theother r t e numeral 3 and these iuhs are menu" secured upon the top ofthe frame 1 1 suitable manner and each is provide} .n ail a hinged coverprovided with a eomhiuml.

hearing and gear casing 5 in which is who tahly mounted the shah; G ofthe (not shown). which norlrs Wllililli the casing housing the gear forthe agitator shaft which gear is indicated by the numeral 7 and thecasing being open at one side so as to permit of the (projectionexteriorly of the casing of a portion of the periphery of the gearhoused thereby The gears 7 of the two agitator shafts are driven byreciprocatory rack bars 8 which may be swung into which is rotatablymounted and out of mesh with the respective gears 7 and which coact withthe said projecting peripheral portions of the respective gears andreciprocate between the same and guide rollers 9 also mounted upon thecovers 4. At their outer ends the rack bars 8 are pivotally connected,as at 10, to the upper ends of rockers 11 mounted for oscillatorymovement .in suitable brackets 12 upon the outer or remote sides of thetubs 2 and '3, these rockers being oscillated through the medium ofmotor driven gearing which Wlll now be described and which mcludespitman rods pivotally connected to the lower ends of the said rockers.Any suitable type of motor may be employed, but in the drawings there isshown an electric motor indicated by the numeral 1-1 having the usual.power shaft 15 upon which is lined a gear 16. This gear meshes with agear 17 fixed upon a shaft 18 in suitable brackets 19 and 20 fixed uponthe upper sides of baseboards 21 and 22., respectively, mounted withinthe frame 1. Held for rotation upon the. shaft 18 andslidablelongitudinally thereon is one member 23 of a clutch and in order thatthis member of the clutch may be shifted into and out of clutch with theother member a shaft 24 is mounted in suitable brackets 25 within theframe and is .provided at its lower end with a yoke 26 ei'igaging withthe clutch member 23 and at its upper end is provided with a lever armwhich extends beneath one side of the top of the frame 1 and issupported for movement in a suitable guide 28 upon the underside of thesaid top of the frame, the lever arm being provided with a handle 29where by it may be swung as stated. The other member of the clutclnindicated by the numerai 30, is carried by a pinion 31 which is looseupon the shaft 13 and this pinion is 111 mesh with gears 32 which arelocated atof a shaft 41.

referred to. The shaft 18 is also suitably 35 which is mounted in thetop of the frame structure 1 is a bracket 36 having bearing portions 37and 38 within which is ournaled a shaft 39 and the said bracket 36 isprovided at its top between the bearing portion 38 and the bearingportion 37 with a vertical hearing 40 to rotatably receive the lower endThe upper side of the bracket 36 is provided in vertical alinement withthe bearing 40 with a step bearing or socket 42 provided interiorly witha shoulder 43 8 and fitted toand surrounding the shaft 41 is a tubularbearing standard 44 which fits at its lower end within the bearingsocket i2 and rests upon the shoulder 43 in the manner clearly shown inFigs. 4 and 11 of the drawings. The shaft &1 has fixed to its lower enda bevel gear i5 which meshes with a similar gear 46 upon the shaft 39and also fixed upon the shaft 39 is a sprocket gear 47 about which istrained a sprocket chain e8, the chain passing also about a sprocketgear iii) which is loosely mounted upon the shaft 18? as shown in Figs.3 and 4 of the drawings. Mounted upon the shaft 18 for rotationtherewith and yet slidable thereon is a clutch member 50 designed tocooperate with a ciutch-member 51 carried by the sprocket gear 49. Theclutch member 50 may be shifted into and out of clutch with the member51 through the medium of a lever 52 which is mounted for swingingmovement, as at 53, upon the base-board and is pro- ,vided with a yoke54 cooperatingwith the clutch member 50. It will now be understood thatinasmuch as when the motor is in operation the shaft 18 will becontinuously rotated, rotary motion may be imparted to the shaft 41 byswinging the lever 52 so as to move the clutch member 50 into clutchwith the member 51. The upper portion of the tubular bearing 44 isbraced by means of a bracket, which is shown clearly in Fig. 9 of thedrawings, and which includes a body 55 havingattaching arms 56 which aresecured at their outer ends to the adja- .cent side of one of the tubs,as for example the tub The body portion 55 of the bracket is providedwith an opening 57 receiving. the upper portion of the tubular bearing1%, the said'tubular bearing is 120 1 further braced by a bracket arm 58secured to the tub 2 and extending to and secured to the body portion ofthe bracket 55. Mounted upon the upper side of the body portion of thebracket 55and secured thereto by suitable bolts 59 is a rack or keeperdevice comprising a circular body 60- having an upstanding annularflange 61 proancer-1o intervals with notches (i2. Fitted ppcr end of thebearing: sleeve M e racl: device is a sleeve (3 which is 'i i inner endof a supporting leeve being secured to the said he tubular bearing bymeans 7 ireaded through'the sleeve against the upper end of the l .7nearing". 'lhe ivringer mechdos a "frame ha ving side members oi", andthe outer end of the support in We is secured, as at to the lowerside'nieinber 66 of the said frame l arm. is provided near its innerother words, near the sleeve 63 apstanding attaching portion 65 orotherwise secured, as 7G and 71, lower portion of the side member 6?.sing T2 is seourec to and supported member: 6'? of the 'a'ringer iraniealed in a bearing i3 secured upon ember G ll and a bearing 74: constirtion of the attaching member 69, 3 5 which projects at one end intorising Loosely mounted upon which mesh With a bevel pinion upper end ofthe shaft upon the shaft 75 for rotation and yet slidable upon the shaftis aided clutch 79 which may be shiftinto clutch with the gears 76 oughthe medium of a hifting wanted for swinging movement, as upper side oithe gear casing members 66 and 67 of the \vringer '2 connected at theirupper ends by o s piece Mounted upon the under 1e cross piece 82 is a b'acliet 83 and e for swinging movement within the ,aclret upon a pivotbolt 8% fitted bracket and through the said fie, is an operating lever85. Coni to this lever 85 at one side of the pivot or is one end of aconnecting rod, ind by the numeral 86, the other end of being connectedpivotally. as at I v the upper end of the arm 80. It will now beunderstood that by grasping either l or dcsireih both. ends of the leverer may be swung so as to rock the arm thereby shift the double endedclutch clz'itch with either of the gears 76 or to neutral position, asshown in of the d awings. In order that the 85 may be held in any of itspositions iiussment the bracket 83 is provided n a series of openings 88in which may in- Joly suit a stud 8!) upon the underlcver, the leverbeing normally y in position for engra ren'lcnt of 1 the opei'lin' g'sit by means oi? d to the lower portion of the t U2: and hearing at itslower end i sit in spaced relation are bevel gears,

at any desired angle with relation to anisni either of the tubs or thatmember of the tranic structure which is to support the our:-

iliary tub or basket or other receptacle into which tile clothes are tobe deposited after passage between the wringer rolls. in order that thesupporting arm may be held in. its "arious positions oi :uljustnient asliding spring pressed pairtured ears 9:2 upon the underto of the arm(34- and a spring; 93, which is fitted :po. the pawl 91 and which hearsagainst one of the said cars 92, yieldably holds the pawl with its outerend in engagement in one or another oit the notches (52 in the flangetil of the rack device/heretofore described. in order that the pawl maybe retracted thereby to permit of the wringer mechanism to be swung tothe desired position, a pivoted hand lever 9% is mounted at the outerend of the or n il: at the underside ot the said arm and connected atone end to this lever is a rod 95, the other end of the rod beingconnected to the other end of the said pawl 91. it "will now beunderstood that inasmuch as the hand leve'r is located at the outer endof the supporting arm. G l. it may be conveniently grasped and swungupwardly to retract the pawl 91 at the same time the outer end of thesaid su 'iporting arin (ii is grasped for the purpose 0? swinging thesaid arm to adjust the Wringer mechanism.

Fixed upon that end oi the shaft 75 opposite the end at which the gear76 located,

spindle 99 of the lower one of the wringer rolls indicated by thenumeral 100, the up per roli being indicated by the numeral 101. Thegears 9b and 9? and also the sprocket chain 98 are housed Within acasing: 102 mounted upon the side member (3G oi the wringer frame and byreference to Fig. 4 of the drawings it will be observed that the end ofthe spindlefilf) extends exterior-1y of the using and is squared, asindicated by the numeral 103, for the application thereto by a crankhandle (not shown) whereby the wrinpger rolls may be rotated manuallyinstead oi"? through power derived lirrnn the motor 14. ll'lountedbeneath the lower wrii'ig'er roll 100 a 'fl'iitQr-dldillfd lO-"lwhich.so supported that it may be recited so to assume a position incliningdown n l a no i l 91 is mounted in apenso that the board may be adjustedin accord ance with reversal of the direction of rota tion of the rolls.The rolls may be subjected to tension whereby to vary the pres sure onthe clothes passing ,therebetween through the medium of compressionsprings 105 arranged within the side members 66 and 07 of the wringe rframe and the numeral 106 indicates a follower bar provided at its endswith bearing members 107 designed to bear upon the upper ends of saidsprings 105. Tension screws 108 hear at their lower ends against thesaid members 10'? and as these screws are tightened the members and thefollower bar 106by which they are carried will be forced downwardly soas to increase the tension of the said springs. In order that thesprings may be uickly relieved of tension, means is pro vided which willnow be described. The tension screws 108 have their threaded shanksfitted in sleeves 109 which are rotatably mounted in. the ends of thecross piece 82 in the manner clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 10 of thedrawings and these sleeves are provided at their lower ends each with (alaterally projecting lug 110. The said sleeves and their lugs arereceived within keyhole slots 111' formed in the said ends of the prosepiece 82 and it will be understood. that when the sleeves are in suchposition that the lugs 110 will register with the narrower portions ofthe key-hole slots 111, the sleevesand their lugs may have free upwardmovement through the ends of the said cross piece. On the other hand itwill be apparent that when the sleeves 109 are forced downwardly andthen partly rotated .the lugs 110 will be moved to position beneath thecross piece 82 in the manner shown in dotted lines in the said Fig. 10whereby the sleeves will be held against upward movement through theends of the cross piece until rotated back to the full line positionshown in Fig. 10. In order that the sleeves may be so simultaneouslyturned or rotated, each of the sleeves is provided at its upper end withan arm 112 which extends radially therefrom and aconnecting barlidextends between these arms and is pivotally connected. thereto. Oneof the arms is provided with a hand grip 114i and it will be understoodthat by swinging this arm both arms will be correspondingly moved andthe sleeves 109 will be correspondingly rotated. In order to limit themovement of the parts in one direction, lugs 115 are provided at theinner ends of the arms 112 and are designed to engage against one sideof the connecting bar 113 and in order to limit the movement of theparts in the other direction a lug 116 is provided at the inner end ofthegrip 114i and is designed to enage against the other side or edge ofthe ar 113. It will now be understood that aaaaeo so as to rotate thesleeves 109 to position with their lugs registering with the lowerendsof the narrower portions of the keyhole slots 111, asshown in full linesin Fig.

10 of the drawings whereupon the springs will bereli'eved of tension.and the sleeves 109 will beforced upwardly.

It has I: heretofore been stated that the wringer mechanism may be swungto assume various positions with relation to the tubs and also withrelation to a support for a tub, or other receptacle which is to receivethe clothes after passage between. the wringer rolls and this support isin the natureo'f a frame structure or table section 117 hingcdly mountedas at 118 at one side of the frame structure 1 and adapted to be swungupward to supporting position, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

inasmuch as the shaft 41 is rotatably mounted within the sleeve 44 andthis sleeve is of considerable length and is firmly supported at itslower end within the socket 12 and braced near its upper end by thebracket'5'5, the shaft is aflorded a very substantial bearing andvibration is reduced to a. minimum while the wringer is in operation.

Having thus described .the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a machine of the class described, a bearing socket-provided with asupporting shoulder, a tubular upright bearing member seating at itslower end within said socket and resting upon the shoulder, a bracketbracing the upper portion of the said tubular bearing member, a vrackmember mounted upon the bracket, an arm extending from the said tubularbearing member, wringer mechanism supported by the arm,' an operatingshaft rotatably mounted within the bearing member, gear connectionbetween the said shaft and said wringer mechanism, and a pawl carried bythe said arm and engaging the said rack member.

2. In a machine of the class described, a supporting and bearing deviceincluding a socket member, an upright tubular bearing member supportedat its lower end for rotation in the socket member, a bracket rotatablysupporting the upper end of the said bearing member, a head supported bythe bracket and having an annular flange provided at intervals withnotches, the upper end of the bearing member extending above the saidhead, a supporting arm secured upon the said upper end of the bearingmember, wrmger meehumsm supported upon the smd'arm, a pawl mounted uponthe underside of the arm and engaging at its end mterehangeably 1n theszud notches, a

handle member at the outer end of the arm, connection between the handlemember and the pawl for nctuating' the latter, a shaft journaled in thebearing member, means tor rotatlng the smd shaft, and gear eonneetlonbetween the upper end of the shaft and the wrlnger mechamsm.

t In testrmony whereof I affix my engenure.

HARRY L, OGG. [1,. s.]

